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A.G. BERKMY]EIR & J. J. BROWN.

Safe.

Patented Mar. 2 '1880.

I PETERS PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASIIINGTGNy D CY UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO..

J. BROWN, OE

TO MOSLER SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY,

SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,990, dated March 2,1880.

^ Application filed April 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE BERKMYER, of thecity of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky,andJOHN J.

BROWN, of the city of Cincinnati, county of `Hamilton, and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire andBurglar Proof Safes, of which the following is a specification.

1o .Our invention relates to that class of safes or vaults which are tobe inserted or built into and firmly secured within the walls ofbuildings, so as to form, in connection with sald walls, a fire andburglar proof receptacle for valuables.

The object of the invention is to secure and detachable house-safe.

The invention consists in securing the safe in such manner to anchorsiixed in the wall of zo the house that'the safe can be readily detachedfor removal.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate the same parts in the different gures, Figure l is a z 5horizontal section of our safe fitted into a wall. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the inside of the door. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the anchorwhich secures the safe in place.

A is the body of the safe. This is a light 3o metal box, the front edgesof which are made Haring and formed into steps or offsets to receive thenre-proof door B. The box or safe A is iitted into another box, C, ofsheet. metal, the latter being large enoughto leave an air- 3 5 spacebetween the two boxes A and C, to more perfectly protect the contents ofthe safe in case of fire.

E are anchors, of angle-iron. There are four, of these, one beingsecured in the top,

4o bottom, and the two sides, respectively, ofa cavity in the wall ofthe building, which cavity is made as much larger than the box C as willadmit `of a lining of iire-proof cement around the outside of box C andbetween it and the provide a I v walls of the cavity. The metal box C issecured to the anchors E by screws F, driven from the inside,

and the safe A is in turn secured to the box C by screws G, driven fromthe inside of the safe. 5o The hinge-edge of the door is rounded to fitinto a semicircular groove in its jamb. In the upper and lower edges ofthe door are pintles H and I, which are fitted concentric with therounded bead upon the edge of the door. The upper one of the pintles, H,is rigidly secured in place, While the lower one, I, slides within thebead bolt fashion, its movement being limited by a slot in the bead anda pin, J, which is lsecured in the pin I and projects from it into theslot. The purpose of this arrangement is to permit the ready removal andreplacement of the door. After the door has been placed in position itis secured by sliding the pintle I into its bearing in the doorjamb,Where it will remain unless removed by hand, its weight serving, withoutthe aid of' other means, to keep it in said bearing. The circular groovein the hingeedge of the jamb, overlapping the rounded edge ofthe door,prevents this edge of the door being wedged or pried out even should thesafe be forced from its seat in the wall and turned upside down, so thatthe pintle I could drop from its bearing in the jamb, and avoids thenecessity of using inside bolts upon the hinge-edge for security. Thehinges being wholly concealed are also removed from injury, and as thekey of the door may be used to open and close the safe no projectionsneed appear upon the face of the wall.

VThe mode of applying our improvement is as follows: The anchors E arefirst secured in place in the four walls of the cavity, which, in.dwelling-houses, is preferably formed in the chimney-wall. The spacesbetween the anchors are just sufficient to receive the box C. This boxis placed in the position shown in Fig. l, and the' space between it andthe walls of the cavity is filled with a fire-proof cement. While thecement is setting the boxC is slightly moved laterally and vertically,to prevent the cement adhering rmly to its outside. When the cement isiirmly set the screws F are inserted. The safe A is now placed inposition and secured by screws G. The space between the daring front ofthe safe and the wall is iilled with 'the cement. The door is now in-Vserted by placing the pintle H in place, elevating the pintle I, pushingthe lower edge of the door into position, and sliding pintle I into 10oits bearing,` in the lower jamb, where it will be dent thatconnecting-bars may be dispensed retained by its weight without the aidof other with and the safe A secured directly to the means. The face ofthe safe, being ilush with anchors. the wall7 maybe finished in the samestyle, so We claimy that the presence of the safe is scarcely per- Incombination with the safe A, the anchors zo ceptible. E, said anchorsbeing secured within a cavity It Would be but an immaterial Variation ofin the wall of a house7 and said safe secured our invention to omit thebox G and secure to the anchors from the inside, so that the safe barsto the anchors E by the screws F, the may be readily removed. [othickness of the bars being equal to the space 1 between the two boxes Aand C, and the bars extending forward to receive the screws G. In thiscase the cement should be rst applied lWitnesses: upon the walls of thecavity and finished lush CHAS. F. GEssERT, 15 with the faces of theanchors. It is also eviy JAMES HASLAM.

